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    Mark Blundell, Donna Corbel, Tahlia Blundell and Jake Blundell, pictured during an earlier trip...

    'Just running for our lives': Queenstown woman recounts Bondi shooting terror

    A Queenstown woman caught up in the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach says her family are still very much on edge the day after the tragedy.

    Question over future of golf centre gutted in accidental blaze

    Queenstown Lakes District Council sport and recreation manager, and acting community services...

    Question over future of golf centre gutted in accidental blaze

    It is too soon to say whether a Queenstown golf centre gutted in an accidental blaze will be demolished or rebuilt.

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    Trail design to start after consent issued

    Part of Queenstown's network of biking trails. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Trail design to start after consent issued

    Designing a new bike and walking trail between Queenstown’s southern suburbs and Frankton will start immediately now resource consent has been granted for its main section between the Kawarau Falls...

    One family, two heads

    2023 head student Annika Thornton and her brother, 2025 head student, McKellar Thornton. PHOTO:...

    One family, two heads

    It's rare for two high school head students to come from one family.

    Top-of-the-range subdivision hits the market

    An artist’s impression of what Karamata Peak could look like. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Top-of-the-range subdivision hits the market

    Expressions of interest are being sought for the first 23 sections in a pre-eminently-positioned luxury enclave atop Queenstown Hill.

    Kōhanga dream taking shape

    Among the Te Puna Ako o Tahuna playgroup children who will become kōhanga reo students next year...

    Kōhanga dream taking shape

    A group of parents working to establish the Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades has started a fundraising drive to fit out its building.

    New Zealand reps at home in Arrowtown

    Sporting internationals Polly and Hugo Inglis always relish returning to Arrowtown. PHOTO: PHILIP...

    New Zealand reps at home in Arrowtown

    Arrowtown is the second home to two siblings who’ve both played international sport.

    Fire guts Frankton golf building

    Fire guts Frankton golf building

    A fire that has gutted the Frankton Golf Centre building is being investigated.

    Saved boy, so ‘died for his love of living’: fiancee

    Lake Wakatipu. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Saved boy, so ‘died for his love of living’: fiancee

    The fiancee of an Australian man who "gave away his life" for a young boy "to continue on living" said it was her truest honour to receive a New Zealand Bravery Award on his behalf.

    Queenstown school bus decision in ‘near future’

    This is what 120 or so pupils waiting for Fernhill and Sunshine Bay public buses would look like...

    Queenstown school bus decision in ‘near future’

    A decision on the proposed axing of nine Whakatipu school bus services is due "in the near future".

    Queenstown hotel's $30m five star makeover

    The new Coronet Ridge Resort will be barely recognised as the former Nugget Point Hotel. PHOTO:...

    Queenstown hotel's $30m five star makeover

    The former Nugget Point Hotel, a modern resort when it opened in the late ’80s, is about to start a new life as the five star-plus Coronet Ridge Resort.

    Companies fined for role in landslip

    The aftermath of a landslip which covered part of a Queenstown cemetery in September 2023. PHOTO:...

    Companies fined for role in landslip

    The three companies responsible for a landslip near Queenstown’s Skyline gondola in 2023 must pay more than $700,000 in fines and reparation for their role in the calamity.

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    Judge gives mother ultimatum

    Queenstown Courthouse. Photo supplied

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    Judge gives mother ultimatum

    A Kingston mother of five with a history of dishonesty offending has narrowly escaped prison.

    'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip

    Slip debris covers Reavers Lane in Queenstown after heavy rains. Photo: RNZ

    'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip

    A major Queenstown tourism operator and two contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall.

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    Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’

    Queenstown council’s being widely criticised for not putting some of the $2.761m it’s made from...

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    Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’

    The widow of a prominent former Queenstown developer is furious the district council is putting money from selling an Arrowtown property into reducing debt rather than restoration projects in the...

    Broker always lending a hand

    Rebeca Barnes. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    Broker always lending a hand

    In a list of unsung Queenstown heroes/heroines, you’d have to put Rebeca Barnes near the top.

    From copper to hemisphere

    A painting on copper by Gretchen Albrecht, ‘The Golden Door’, which is part of an exhibition...

    From copper to hemisphere

    Whakatipu art enthusiasts have an opportunity to see the latest work by one of New Zealand’s most renowned practitioners.

    Supporting technology talent

    Technology Queenstown summer interns, from left, Alisha Messingham, Liam Tietjens, Alice Davis,...

    Supporting technology talent

    In a new initiative by Queenstown’s tech development agency, seven local students are undertaking paid four-week technology internships these summer holidays.

    From casino to cocktails and pizzas

    A render of Queenstown’s new Wharf Bar, expected to open in the Steamer Wharf building next week....

    From casino to cocktails and pizzas

    A new waterfront bar featuring panoramic views of Lake Whakatipu will be the largest in Queenstown, its owner says.

    Cricketers finals bound

    Among Wakatipu High First XI cricketers playing in the First XI Cup finals are Tony Gallie, left,...

    Cricketers finals bound

    Wakatipu High’s First XI begin the biggest cricket tournament the school’s ever qualified for at Lincoln, near Christchurch, next Wednesday.
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